K4s Photos

JBodenmann · Post by **JBodenmann** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 4:47 pm

Hans asked for some photos of the K4s so here you go. I like the original chicken coop pilots that the engines were built with. Like the originals this one was all steel.

JBodenmann · Post by **JBodenmann** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 4:48 pm

Here is another of the pilot.

JBodenmann · Post by **JBodenmann** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 4:51 pm

Here is a shot of the cab going together. Rivetting the angle iron thats holds down the roof.

JBodenmann · Post by **JBodenmann** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 4:53 pm

More cab. There is still much to do, the drip strip over the windows and the spoiler that wraps on the rear of the roof.

JBodenmann · Post by **JBodenmann** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 5:04 pm

Here are the little window frames for the cab windows. They are made of beech. Beech is a very nice wood for model building, especially if you are modeling oak. Beech is a member of the oak family and has the appearance of miniature oak with the correct little rays and dots. But it has a very fine closed grain and takes a finish quite nicely. These little frames are made on a router table with some commercially available tiny little dadoe cutters. You will have to make a mandrel to hold them and a spacer to go between them to cut the little tenons. The tricky part is to make a fixture to hold the little pieces. Keep them fingers safe! The frames are made to accept 1/16" glass. This glass is available at stained glass shops. They mostly use it to press flowers between. Too Much Fun!

JBodenmann · Post by **JBodenmann** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 5:13 pm

Here is the Johnson bar. I have wondered how that name came to be. I really enjoy making little pieces like this. A delightful little puzzle! When sizing up a model locomotive one of the first places I look is in the cab. To me a locomotive that has a well modeled cab is much more fun to operate. It helps to create the illusion that it is a "real" locomotive and that the operator is an oversize gomer. More of a connection with the days of steam.

JBodenmann · Post by **JBodenmann** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 5:17 pm

The fire door was just hacked out of 1/4" steel. Cut on the dotted line with the good ol' oxy acetylene torch, get out the angle grinder (eraser) and have at it. To me the fire door is a focal point of the cab and helps create that stem loco atmosphere.

JBodenmann · Post by **JBodenmann** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 5:18 pm

Fire Door

JBodenmann · Post by **JBodenmann** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 5:20 pm

Here are some flicks of the headlamp bits.

JBodenmann · Post by **JBodenmann** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 5:21 pm

More headlamp

JBodenmann · Post by **JBodenmann** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 5:23 pm

Marker lamp bits

JBodenmann · Post by **JBodenmann** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 5:26 pm

Here is a completed marker. The lenses are ground glass. I posted some info on grinding your own lenses a while back.